Combat Training Yak-130 of Myanmar Made its First Flight

19 November 2016

First Yak-130 of the Myanmar Air Force (photo : Alexei Korshunov)

Irkutsk -,The first Yak-130 advanced jet trainers for Myanmar Air Force first flew in Irkutsk.

Combat training aircraft Yak-130, built by an aircraft factory "Irkut" Corporation, it was designed as an advanced trainer aircraft and has light strike capability.

Took to the skies over Irkutsk, Yak-130 has an "export" serial number and is intended for delivery to Myanmar under the contract in 2015. Myanmar should get about ten of these aircraft, the first three aircrafts under the contract will be delivered up to the end of 2016.

Myanmar will become the fourth foreign buyer of Russian combat training aircraft Yak-130, also bought Algeria, Bangladesh and Belarus.

(Riafan)